Published 2005 | Version v1
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Analyses of uranium in some phosphate commercial products

  • 1. radiation Protection Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo (Egypt)
  • 2. Alazhar university, Cairo (Egypt)

Description

The raw materials used in manufacturing of phosphate fertilizer products were derived from rocks. Rocks contain a remarkable of natural radioactivity. Uranium and phosphorous were originally initiated at the same time of the initiated rocks. The purpose of this research is to investigate solubility of uranium phosphate species at the phosphate fertilizer samples, samples including; raw phosphate material, single super phosphates (SSP) granules and powdered, triple super phosphates (TSP) and phosphogypsum samples were obtained from Abu-Zabal factory in Egypt. Solubility of uranium phosphate species was estimated. It was found that, less than half of the uranium phosphate species are soluble in water. The soluble uranium may be enter into the food chains by plant. Therefore, restriction should be done in order to limit contamination of land and the public

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Proceedings of the First Environmental Physics Conference (EPC-2004)

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Imprint Title
Proceedings of the First Environmental Physics Conference (EPC-2004)
Imprint Pagination
252 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 219-224
Report number
INIS-EG--180(vol.I)

Conference

Title
1. Environmental Physics Conference
Acronym
EPC-2004
Dates
24-28 Feb 2004
Place
Minya (Egypt)

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